Canada

Twitter turmoil fuels worry Elon Musk's free-speech vision means more social division

WASHINGTON - For a platform that once only allowed sentences as long as this one, the teeter-totter fate of Twitter sure is consuming a lot of oxygen. And new owner Elon Musk is rapidly earning a repu...

Nov 23, 2022

Three federal ministers expected to take stand at Emergencies Act inquiry

OTTAWA - Three federal ministers are slated to testify today at the public inquiry that is scrutinizing the federal government's response to the "Freedom Convoy" protests that overran downtown Ottawa ...

Nov 23, 2022

Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert

VANCOUVER - Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with "unexplained wealth orders" are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to ma...

Nov 23, 2022

Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986

MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...

Nov 23, 2022

Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada

OTTAWA - The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona. Par...

Nov 23, 2022

Canadian MPs unanimously condemn FIFA threat to punish World Cup players for armbands

OTTAWA - Canadian members of Parliament passed a unanimous motion Tuesday condemning FIFA's decision to threaten on-field punishment if soccer players in the World Cup wear armbands supportive of the ...

Nov 22, 2022

Proposed definition of prohibited assault-style firearm draws Conservative ire

OTTAWA - Members of the House of Commons public safety committee have begun a clause-by-clause review of the Liberal government's gun-control bill. Among the early amendments put forward by the govern...

Nov 22, 2022

'Your guy has really screwed the pooch': Kenney told feds over Coutts blockade

OTTAWA - Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accused the federal government of leaving provinces "holding the bag" to clear "Freedom Convoy" protesters who blockaded a border crossing in southern Albe...

Nov 22, 2022

Manitoba man who rammed truck into Rideau Hall approved for day parole

OTTAWA - A Manitoba man who armed himself and rammed a gate at Rideau Hall to confront Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been granted day parole. The Parole Board of Canada denied full parole for Core...

Nov 22, 2022

One in three Ukrainians with visas have reached Canada as applications approach 700K

OTTAWA - New government statistics show fewer than one-third of Ukrainians approved for temporary Canadian visas have arrived in the country. The temporary visas are part of the special immigration me...

Nov 22, 2022